Jeffery Paul Chan

Jeffery Paul Chan
Born 1942
Occupation scholar, critic
Nationality USA
Period current
Literary movement Asian American
Notable work(s) Aiiieeeee!

Jeffery Paul Chan (born 1942) is a Chinese American author. He is a professor of Asian American studies and English at San Francisco State University, where he also received his masters degree and has taught for 38 years until his retirement.

Chan was a co-founder of the Asian American studies department at SFSU, and has twice served as first chair of the department.[1] With Frank Chin, Lawson Fusao Inada, and Shawn Wong, Chan edited two editions of the groundbreaking anthology of Asian American literature, Aiiieeee!, which helped introduce Asian American authors as worthy of serious study. He also coined the term racist love (with Chin) to express the ways Asians are stereotyped in overly-positive ways that are just as damaging as the negative stereotypes used against blacks, Latinos and Native Americans.

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  1. ^ Deutcha Wenger (September 25, 2005). "Co-Founder of Asian American Studies Department to Retire". The Golden Gate [X]press Online. http://xpress.sfsu.edu/archives/news/004399.html. 

See also: "Jeffery Paul Chan" By Deborah Owen Moore. IN: Asian American Writers. Ed. Deborah L. Madsen. Detroit, MI: Gale; 2005. pp. 24–29

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